“Do you invent , then,” said Fernand impatiently

“那么你有主意了吗?”弗尔南多不耐烦地说。

“True,” replied Danglars; “the French have the superiority over the Spaniards, that the Spaniards ruminate, while the French invent .”

“真的，”腾格拉尔说道，“法国人比西班牙人强，西班牙人还在苦苦思考之时，法国人则一拍脑袋主意就来了。”

As for me, so nervous, and so subject to fainting fits, I should require a Doctor Adelmonte to invent for me some means of breathing freely and tranquillizing my mind, in the fear I have of dying some fine day of suffocation

“至于我，我很神经质，又容易晕眩，我深怕有一天会晕过去闷死，我倒很想请阿特尔蒙医生替我发明一种可以使我呼吸自由流畅，镇定神经的药。

…the prince, therefore, to make the time seem short to him, proposed as a kind of merry pastime that they should invent some artful scheme to make Benedick and Beatrice fall in love with each other

…因此，亲王为了让他不觉得时间拖得太长，就提议一种好玩的游戏:他们要想出一条妙计，叫培尼狄克和贝特丽丝两个人发生恋爱。

Invent (a story, an excuse,etc)

编造(谎言、藉口等)

Invent (a false excuse,accusation,etc)in order to harm sb

编造(谎言、罪名等)加害某人

invent an excuse

编造口实.

Invent a likely excuse.

编造似真的借口

“Most people choose not to be rich. For 90 percent of the population, being rich is ”“too much of a hassle.”“ So they invent sayings that go, ”“I’m not interested in money.”“ ”

大部分人不会选择成为富人,对于90%的人来说,做一个富人会有“太多烦扰”,所以他们就说,“我对金钱不感兴趣”。

Japan is the last country to invent radar, but England.

发明雷达的国家决不是日本，而是英国。

invent a new process of dyeing

发明一种新染色法.

To invent ,compose,recite,or execute something offhand.

即席创作;即席表演即兴地发明、创作、背诵或者制成某事物

To invent ,compose,or recite without preparation.

即兴创作无准备地发明、创作或者背诵

The creations of a small coterie of malicious hackers who invent toxic software for the sheer deviltry of it, viruses are short strings of software code that have three properties: First, they conceal themselves in legitimate files or programs

计算机病毒系一小撮存心不良的黑客所为，这些人纯属为了搞恶作剧而编造有毒软件。病毒是短行的软件代码，具有以下三个特征:第一，病毒把自己隐藏在合法的文件或程序之中

Now that the process is understood, says Kohler, it may be used to design better sunscreens or invent built-in protection for paints, plastics, and other materials that are damaged by UV light

科勒说，既然这一过程已弄清楚，它可能用于设计出更好的太阳滤镜，或针对易被紫外光损伤的涂料、塑料和其他物质发明出一种物质本身内在的保护措拖。

Those national groups that have no language of their own invariable try to resurrect or to invent one

那些没有自己的文字的民族，一定会想办法去发掘或创造一种。

You may invent concoct a few stories against your opponents

你可编造一些攻击你对手们的说法。

Can you tell me how he invent it?

你能告诉我他是怎样发明它的吗?

Do you know who invent paper?

你知道是谁发明的纸吗?

Do you know who invent magnetic needle?

你知道指南针是谁发明的吗?

You men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for consent, fitter for new projects than for settled business.--Bacon

年轻人适合发明甚于判断，适合实行甚于谋划，适合新计划甚于因循旧制。--培根

Some of the material I may have lying around already, in memories and observations, and some I invent , and some I have to go diligently looking for (factual details), while some is dumped in my lap (anecdotes, bits of speech)

其中有些材料，我原来就占有了，有的存在记忆里，有的是从观察中获取的，有些部分则是我自己创造的，还有的是我刻苦搜集来的，如一些事实的细节，然而有些材料则是送上门来的，如趣闻轶事，或演讲片

If you want to make me jealous why not invent something more probable

如果你想使我妒忌,为什么不编造某种更像确有其事的说法呢?

If God did not exist , it would be necessary to invent Him.--Voltaire, French Philosopher

如果上帝并不存在,也有必要把他创造出来。法国哲学家伏尔泰

Who invent ed the steam engine?

谁发明蒸气机?

He would invent fanciful names on the spot.

他会当场编造出一些希奇古怪的货名。

He would invent fanciful names on the spot.

他会当场发明出一些怪诞的名称。

He would have to invent some alibi

他将不得不编造某种不在犯罪现场的托辞。

He began to study the attempts of other men to invent an incandescent electric light

他开始研究别人为发明

They improve the original old machine, invent more new machines, let the machine give people a much better service.

他们改进原来的老机器﹐发明更多的新机器﹐让它们更好地为人类服务。

first-to-invent principle

先发明原则

continuous system of physical invent ory

n.连续实地盘存制度